Sean Graham is a former employee of Spireon, Inc. ("Spireon"). Spireon is a Tennessee corporation, headquartered in California, which sells GPS tracking devices to clients located throughout the United States. Graham has sued Spireon, alleging that Spireon terminated his employment in retaliation for reporting and opposing alleged sexual harassment within the company. Currently before us is Spireon's motion to dismiss, or in the alternative, to transfer to the Eastern District of Tennessee under 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). As we explain below, we find that venue is proper in this district and deny Spireon's motion.

A. Factual Background

Spireon employed Graham as Sales Manager, Strategic Accounts Division. (Compl. ¶ 6.) EnfotraceGPS, Inc., a corporation that merged with Spireon in March of 2012, originally employed Graham. (Mem., Ex. A, Spellman Aff. ¶ 13.) As evidence of Graham's employment, Spireon has submitted an Employment Agreement, dated February 16, 2011, between Graham and EnfotraceGPS. (Mem., Ex. C.) While Spireon's offices are located in California and Tennessee, Graham was allowed to work remotely. (Mem., Ex. A, Spellman Aff. ¶¶ 7, 17.) Graham's main sales account while employed with Spireon was J.D. Byrider, a used car dealership that also supplies car loans to its clients. ( Id. ¶ 22.) J.D. Byrider has its corporate offices in Indiana, with several franchise locations throughout Illinois. (Resp., Ex. A, Graham Aff. ¶ 10.)

The parties disagree about whether Graham visited J.D. Byrider's Illinois locations while employed by Spireon. (Mem., Ex. A, Spellman Aff. ¶ 23; Resp., Ex. A, Graham Aff. ¶ 10.) Spireon maintains that Graham's records, while employed by Spireon, list his residence as California and then Florida. (Mem., Ex. A, Spellman Aff. ¶ 27.) Graham, however, states that he was living and working from his home in Plainfield, Illinois during his tenure with Spireon. (Resp., Ex. A, Graham Aff. ¶¶ 1, 10).

Spireon terminated Graham on or around June 30, 2012, a month after the last incident of harassment that Graham reported. ( Id. ¶ 21.) Ronnie Spellman, Spireon's Director of Human Resources, called Graham from California to notify him of his termination. (Mem., Ex. A, Spellman Aff. ¶ 27.) Graham states that he was in Illinois when he received this call, (Resp., Ex. A, Graham Aff. ¶ 12), and alleges that Spireon discharged him in retaliation for reporting incidents of sexual harassment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, (Compl. ¶ 23)(citing 42 U.S.C 2000e-3)).[1]

[1] in any judicial district in the State in which the unlawful employment practice is alleged to have been committed, [2] in the judicial district in which the employment records relevant to such practice are maintained and administered, or [3] in the judicial district in which the aggrieved person would have worked but for the alleged unlawful employment practice, but [4] if the respondent is not found within any such district, such an action may be brought within the judicial district in which the respondent has his principal office.

42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(f)(3).

For venue to be proper, a plaintiff need establish only one of the Title VII venue provisions. Gwin, 2001 WL 775969, at *1 (citing McDonald v. American Fed'n of Musicians, 308 F.Supp. 664, 669-70 (N.D. Ill. 1970)); see also Cox, 1997 WL 619839, at *2.

Spireon makes several arguments to refute Graham's choice of venue.[2] First, Spireon argues that venue is improper because the alleged unlawful practice-the decision to terminate Graham-did not occur in Illinois. Spireon next asserts that their records are not stored in Illinois and that they do not have an office in Illinois. Lastly, Spireon claims that venue is improper in this district because Graham would not have continued to work in Illinois but for his termination.

We disagree with Spireon's third argument. The facts show that Graham was living and working in Illinois and would have continued to do so if he had not been terminated. According to Graham, he has been living in Will County, Illinois since 2002. (Resp., Ex. A, Graham Aff. ¶ 1.) While employed with Spireon, Graham claims that he worked out of his home office in Plainfield, Illinois. ( Id. ¶ 10.) Moreover, according to Graham, he drove from his home in Illinois to Spireon's clients in Illinois and Indiana. ( Id. ) Graham has also submitted flight records showing that he frequently traveled in and out of Chicago O'Hare International Airport. (Resp., Ex. Q.) He claims that some of these flights were to attend conferences on Spireon's behalf and that Spireon reimbursed him for these business related flights. (Resp., Ex. A, Graham Aff. ¶ 11.) Pursuant to the venue provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(f)(3), it is sufficient that Graham offers evidence that he worked in Illinois and would have continued to do so if he had not been terminated . See Digan v. Euro-American Brands, LLC, No. 10-cv-799, 2010 WL 3385476, at *1, 3 (N.D. Ill. 2010) (finding that although plaintiff's complaint alleged "few facts, " venue was proper because she "lived and worked in Illinois... and that she would have continued to work in Illinois had she not been terminated"); see also Kempf v. Mitsui Plastics, ...

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